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'cHAnLEs T. Fo no, y or QSAVLEM, l*MAsslgionosnTTs. Letters Patint lll'o.` 71,374, dated November 526, 1867.

invented a new and improved Toy Fortune-Te ler; and I do hereby declare that `the following is full, clear,

being had to theaceompanying drawings, fofrming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the t" y. Figure 2 is a detail view of the mecha ism of the figure. Figure 3 are the scrolls. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.I

wheel having prophetic sentences ont" and answers to be found on the scrolls forming part of the toy.

sentences on the face thlereof, while the` other serves as a brake to stop the same at will. The mechanism oper- E F 0f 'th fig" re are kept down upon the surfaces of the wheel B by the tension of a rubber loop, l, which passes aro n the neck of'the gureand enters a recess, J, in the body of the gure. This loop receives the @te tlgthul reformista tlgtttgtttttrs @tout mw making ont nf ilustra,` l i W \\r M To ALL WHOM 1T MAY ooNcERN=` 'f Be it known that I, CHARLES T. Fonorof ,SJ/alom, in the county of Essex, and Stateof Massachusetts, have and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use tho sama-reference This invention relates to a 'toy f r` telling fortunes or answering questions, and consists of a revolving j j o ts periphery, at some one of which the hand of a figure points'when the i wheel is stopped. There are also miimberston the inner periphery of the same wheel, which relate to questions A is the pedestal oriba e,` of the toy'. B is thewheel, revolving on a shaft, having bearings in .the posts b b. A crank, c, is attach d to said shaft. A gure, D, facing the wheel, points with one hand tothe prophetic ating these handsis sl .gwnat iig. 2, where the arms E `F are shown rigidly attached to the ends of a wire,W said Wire, when the rms are in place, having a bearing inthe upper part of the trunk ofthe figure D. The' t Mms 8110 raisedby the action of the treadle T, which is'pivoted to the post G, supporting the figure D, as shown a in g. 1. `wir H,`connects the treadle with the lever-arm a, forming part of the axis-wire W. The arms o @2nd Of tl" `e arm a, and thus forms a spring to the same, all as shown in fig. 2. A coiled or helical `spring can` o ",tituted for the rubber loop, or a solid rubber spring may be placed within the recess J to exert its teuf` against :the said arm a, either above or below the same. The figure is covered with female drapery, which the pressure is removed from the treadle T. The base or pedestal A has holes, L, made in it to receive'the scrolls K, the projecting ends of which can be seen in iig. 1. These scrolls a contain a series of questions and scroll bearing the same letter. These cardstwentysix in number, have cach twenty-one different answers, which numbers correspond to the numbers on the inner faceA of the wheel, as before described. 1 `supposing a question, as the one underscored with 'a redline, is chosen, the lettcr'i'ollowing it is I. The card or scroll similarly lettered is then produced, the wheel is turned, and, when stopped,.the pini? is over a number, as 1.

aforesaid, wilirespectively clampl the wheel stationary, and point to some one of the sentences thereon, as shown at sg. 1.

n'ceals the working mechanism.` Apin, o, bearing a rubber roll or pad, m, projects from `one hand of the" igurerpartially `across theauner face of the wheel B, and acts asa friction-brake for stopping the wheel when o `answers relating to the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., arranged on the inner face of the wheel, as shown in igsl.L

A point, P, projecting from one of the posts b, indicates whatever number it is above when the wheel is` stopped. Arieizample of' the manner of using the scrolls will be seen by referring to fig. 3 in the drawings," when one of thescrolls or cards K is chosen for illustration, thus: 0n the alphabet-cards: are twenty-six, questions, and after each a letter, which indicates that the answer to the questionwillbe found on the certain `This number ou card I is then referred to, and an answer thus obtained, as shown over tl` 1 e red line on that card. Y When the prophetic sentences on the wheel arc to be employed, it is only requisiteto press upon the treadle, turnthe wheel at random, and remove lthe pressure from the treadle, when the hands, actuated by the spring ,as`

This improved form of a fortune-telling toy is simple, not liable to become deranged as to its mechanism,

t `and can be made with very little expense.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,` is

1. Placing the prophetic sentences upon the peripheryor face of a revolving wheel, substantially as and` i for the purpose speeiedl i i 2. Employing springmeclmnism to bear down the erms of the gure of a fortune-telling toy, substantially as shown, and forthe objects specified.

3. The treadle T, or otherequivulent device, for the purpose shown and described.

4. The scrolls or cards K, with questions and answersV therecn, lettered and numbered, substantially :1s shown und described, in combination with the numbers on the wheel B, `ell os and for the purpose set forth.

5. The holes L in the base A, in combination with the wheellB of @fortune-telling toy, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described. i

6. The rubber brakem, substantially as and for the purpose of stopping a toy-wheel, ull as set forth.

for lifting tl'le brake m from -the wheel, substantially as and The above specification orfwmy invention sgnvegllj'me/this first doy of October, 1867.'

' "W w CHARLES T. FORD.

Witnesses:

GEO., W2 REED, THomAs'A. RowELr.. Y 

